"In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated." ― John McCarthy Topic(s): History More From John McCarthy "If a person can be said to have the wrong attitude, there is no need to pay attention to his arguments." "When thugs by nature meet thugs by political conviction, 5-0 is not surprising." "Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information." More In History "That brings me to Dennis Ritchie. Our collaboration has been a thing of beauty."― Ken Thompson "History is information. Memory is part of your identity."― David Miliband "I wanted to make sure that this be the first scientific and technology revolution in history in which the public thoroughly discussed all the potential benefits and all the potential harms, in advance of the technology coming online and running its course."― Jeremy Rifkin